Data Privacy Statement

We are pleased that you are visiting our website and are interested in our company. The protection of your personal data is a prime concern for us. In accordance with Art. 12, 13 and 21 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we are informing you below how your personal data are handled when you visit our website www.khs.com.

Personal data are detailed information about the personal or factual circumstances of an identified or identifiable natural person. This includes information such as real name, address, telephone number and date of birth.

I. Entity responsible

Entity responsible within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation:

III. Purposes and legal basis of data processing

1. Use of the website for information purposes

You can use our website without providing any personal details. If you use our website purely for information purposes, i.e. do not send us any personal information, we will not process any personal data, except for the data that your browser transmits to us to enable you to visit our website and the information that is transmitted to us by the cookies used for the statistical analysis of the use of our website.

a. Technical provision of the website

The technical provision of the website requires that we process specific data pertaining to you that is automatically transmitted to us so that your browser can display our website and you can use the website. This information is automatically captured every time our website is accessed and is stored in our server log files. This information relates to the computer system of the calling computer. The following information is captured:

IP address used

operating system used

browser used

time of access

the websites that you visit on our site

the website from where you are coming (if transmitted)

The amount of data sent each time

In addition, we use cookies so that you can use our website. Cookies are text files that are stored in your Internet browser or stored by your Internet browser on your computer system when you access a website. A cookie contains a characteristic string of characters that allows your browser to be clearly identified when you access our website again. We use these cookies solely to make our website and its technical functions available to you. Some of the functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. Cookies contain the following information and send this information to us:

Session ID

We do not use the information pertaining to you that we have gathered using the cookies indicated above to create user profiles or to evaluate your surfing behavior.

We process your personal data in order to make our website technically available on the following legal basis:

for the performance of a contract or in order to take steps prior to entering into a contract pursuant to Art. 6 paragraph 1 lit. b GDPR if you visit our website in order to obtain information on our products; and

for the protection of our legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 paragraph 1 lit. f GDPR in order to make our website technically available to you. Our legitimate interest is to provide you with an attractive, technically-functional and user-friendly website, as well as to take measures to protect our website from cyber risks and to prevent our website from posing cyber risks to third parties.

b. Statistical analysis of website usage and increased coverage

For the statistical analysis of the usage of our website, we use Piwik and thus cookies that enable us to analyze your surfing behavior. By doing so, we are able to improve the quality of our website and its contents. We learn how our website is used which in turn enables us to consistently optimize our offer.

The information obtained in the course of the statistical analysis of our website is not combined with your other data captured on the website.

We process your personal data for the statistical analysis of the usage of our website on the following legal basis:

your consent pursuant to Art. 6 paragraph 1 lit. a) GDPR.

Matomo (formerly “Piwik”):

With the aid of the Matomo web analysis software (https://matomo.org/what-is-matomo/), this website collects and stores data, particularly your IP address, with which user profiles are created using pseudonyms. These user profiles are used to analyze user behavior and are evaluated for the improvement and needs-based design of our website. Cookies can be used for this purpose. Pseudonymized user profiles are not combined with the personal data of the pseudonym holder.

We only use Matomo with your consent. Once you have given your consent, you can revoke it by activating the following "opt-out cookie":

Please note that you must activate the opt-out cookie in every browser you use on all your terminal equipment and, where necessary, must reactivate it if you delete all the cookies in a browser at some stage.

c. YouTube

We have integrated YouTube videos into our website that are stored on www.youtube.com and can be played directly from our website.

If you access pages with integrated videos, data are sent to the YouTube server only when you play the videos. If you are logged into YouTube at the same time, this information will be allocated to your member account with YouTube. You can prevent this by logging out of your member account before visiting our website.

YouTube is operated by YouTube LLC with headquarters located at 901 Cherry Avenue, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. YouTube is represented by Google Inc. with headquarters located at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Further information on the handling of user data by YouTube (Google) is available at www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

d. Share-Buttons

On some of our websites (khs.com; sustainability.khs.com) we use passive share buttons that ensure privacy in order to offer social media functions to our users. The user remains anonymous through this procedure until activation by clicking on the button. The click sends the required data to the respective social media sites and allocates the action (share or like) to the IP address or any user account logged into on the platform.

e. Social Links

Links to services such as Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube are integrated into our website. After clicking on the link, you will be forwarded to the page of the respective provider, i.e. only then is user information sent to the respective provider. Information on how your data are handled when you use the websites of other providers is provided in the information on data privacy protection of those providers.

2. Active use of the website

In addition to using our website purely for the purpose of obtaining information, you can also actively use our website to order one of our products, register for an event, subscribe to our newsletter or contact us. Besides processing your personal data as explained above when you use our website purely for information purposes, we also process further your personal data which we require to execute your order or to process and answer your inquiry.

a. User inquiries

In order to be able to process and answer the inquiries you send to us via our contact form or to our email address, for example, we process the personal data that you provide to us in this connection. This always includes your name and email address so we can send you an answer and other information that you send us in your communication.

In order to offer you KHS contacts in your region, we use GeoLite2 databases from maxmind.com. With the aid of these databases, the IP address that is identified is used to estimate your location at country level and provide personalized contact information. It is not possible to determine your exact location. The data will not be disclosed to third parties. The information on data privacy protection of maxmind.com is available here: https://www.maxmind.com/de/privacy_policy

We process your personal data to answer user inquiries on the following legal basis:

b. Sending a job application

We process your personal data in conjunction with your application provided you provide us with this information. Your application documents might contain special categories of personal data.&

Processing personal data

As a rule, the job applicant data include the following: first name and last name, your academic degree if applicable, date and place of birth, contact information (address, email, phone and/or cell phone number), application documents (letter of motivation, résumé, references and/or certificates), language skills and other abilities. We also process the data that you send us by email when you contact us.

In the application procedure we base our decisions on the personal data you provide in accordance with legal regulations. For example, we use your professional qualification to decide whether we will shortlist you as a candidate or wish to gain an impression of you in an interview to decide whether we will offer you the position that you have applied for.

In this context, we process personal data on the following legal basis:

data processing for the decision on the establishment of employment, Art. 88 paragraph 1 GDPR in conjunction with Section 26 (1) sentence 1 of the revised German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG)

Processing of special personal data

Under Art 9 GDPR, special categories of personal data are personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious (e.g. details on religious affiliation/denomination) or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, and the processing of biometric data for the purpose of uniquely identifying a natural person (e.g. photos), data concerning health (e.g. details on the degree of disability) or data concerning a natural person’s sex life or sexual orientation. We will not intentionally collect any special categories of personal data contained in your résumé. We expressly ask you not to send us information of this kind.

If as part of your application papers you voluntarily send us special categories of personal data defined by Art. 9 paragraph 1 of the GDPR (e.g. your photo or information on your religious affiliation/denomination) contrary to our express request not to do so, we will store this information based on your consent pursuant to Art. 88 paragraph 1 GDPR in conjunction with Section 26 (3) sentence 2 of the revised German Federal Data Protection Act. This also applies if you provide us with further special personal data in the course of the application process. By voluntarily submitting this data, you declare your consent to the storage of this special personal information within the scope of the application process.

We will not generally disregard special personal data in a decision on whether to select a candidate, unless statutory obligations require that we take these special personal data into account. It is possible for instance to give persons with disabilities preferential treatment in compliance with applicable laws for some of the job vacancies advertised. The information in these cases is always voluntary and is done with your express consent when you voluntarily submit this data.

IV. Links

Some sections of our websites contain links to the websites of third-party providers. These websites are subject to their own privacy policy. We are neither responsible for the operation of these websites nor the way they handle data. If you send information to or through such third-party sites, you should review the privacy statements of those sites before providing any information that may be associated with you.

V. Categories of recipients

Initially, only our employees gain knowledge of your personal data. We additionally share your personal information to the extent permitted or required by law with other recipients who provide services related to our website. In this connection we restrict the disclosure of your personal data to a minimum, particularly in order to process your order. In some cases our service providers receive your personal data as data processing companies who are then strictly bound to our instructions on handling personal data. In other cases the recipients act independently when handling your data we submit to them.

The categories of recipients of your personal data are indicated below:

IT service providers for the administration and hosting of our website.

VI. Transmission to third countries

Otherwise we do not send your personal data to countries outside the EU or the EEA or to international organizations.

VII. Period of storage

1. Use of the website for information purposes

When our website is used purely for information purposes, we store your personal data on our servers solely for the period in which you visit our website. Your personal data are deleted immediately after you leave our website.

As a rule, any cookies installed by us are also deleted after you leave our website. However, this does not apply to the Piwik cookies, which are stored for a period of up to one year. You can also delete installed cookies yourself at any time.

2. Active use of the website

If you actively use our website, we store your personal data initially for the period required to answer your inquiry or for the period of our business relationship. This also includes the initiation of a contract (legal relationship prior to entering into a contract) and the processing of a contract.

In addition, we store your personal data until any legal claims arising under the relationship with you become time-barred so that we can use such data as evidence. The limitation period is usually between 12 and 36 months but can be to up to 30 years.

We delete your personal data once they have become time-barred, unless we have a legal obligation to retain them, for example under the German Commercial Code (Sections 238, 257 (4) of the German Commercial Code) or under the German Tax Code (Section 147 (3) and (4) of the Tax Code). This required record retention period may be between two and ten years.

VIII. Your rights as a data subject

In accordance with legal provisions, you as the data subject have the following rights that you can assert against us:

Right to information: Under Art. 15 GDPR you have the right at any time to demand from us confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning you are processed, and, where that is the case, under Art. 15 GDPR you also have the right to information on these personal data and other specific information (e.g. purposes of processing, categories of personal data concerned; categories of recipients, planned period for which the personal data will be stored, origin of the data, use of automated decision-making and in case of transfer to third countries, suitable guarantees) and a copy of your data.

Right to correction: Under Art. 16 GDPR you have the right to demand from us the correction of personal data stored on you if these are incorrect or incomplete.

Right to deletion: Under the conditions set out in Art. 17 GDPR you have the right to demand immediate deletion of your personal data. This right to deletion does not apply, among other things, if the processing of the personal data is necessary for (i) exercising the right of freedom of expression and information, (ii) for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject (e.g. statutory record retention periods) or (iii) to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

Right to restriction of processing: Under the conditions set out in Art. 18 GDPR, you have the right to demand that we limit the processing of your personal data.

Right to data portability: Under the conditions set out in Art. 20 GDPR, you have the right to demand that we provide you your personal data that you provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format.

Right to revocation: You have the right to revoke your consent to the processing of personal data at any time with effect for the future.

Right to object: Under the conditions set out in Art. 21 GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data and we must discontinue processing your personal data. The right to object exists only within the limits defined in Art. 21 GDPR. Moreover, our interests may conflict with the discontinuation of processing and we may be entitled to continue processing your personal data despite your objection.

Right of appeal to a supervisory authority: Under the conditions set out in Art. 77 GDPR, you have the right to appeal to a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement if you are of the opinion that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes the GDPR. The right to appeal exists without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.

However, we recommend that you always file a complaint with our Data Protection Officer first.

Your requests concerning the exercise of your rights should be sent, if possible in writing, to the address stated above or to our data protection officer directly.

IX. Scope of your obligations to provide data

You are generally not obliged to provide your personal data to us. However, if you do not do so, we will not be able to make our website available to you, will not be able to answer any inquiries you send us or enter into any contract with you. Personal data that we do not necessarily need for the processing purposes named above are marked by “if applicable” or another sign as voluntary information.

X. Automated decision-making/profiling

We do not use any automated decision-making or profiling (automated analysis of your personal circumstances).

Information on your right to object pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR

You have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data which is based on Art. 6 paragraph 1 f GDPR (data processing based on the weighing of interests) or Art. 6 paragraph 1 e GDPR (data processing in the public interest) if there are grounds for this relating to your particular situation. This also applies to any profiling based on this provision within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 4 GDPR.

If you object, we will no longer process your personal data, unless we can furnish proof of compelling reasons worthy of protection for processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

The objection is not subject to any condition as to form and should be addressed to

XI. Amendments

We reserve the right to amend this privacy statement at any time. Any amendments will be announced on our website by publishing the amended privacy statement. Unless otherwise stated, such amendments become effective immediately. Therefore, please check this privacy statement at regular intervals in order to view the latest version.

Contacts

Questions about our products and services?
Our 24h Service hotline (for all questions on the topic of spare parts, conversions and on-site installation):

Phone

+49 231 569-10000

About KHS

As an international manufacturer of filling and packaging equipment for the beverage, food, and non-food sectors KHS GmbH holds a leading position within the industry. The German company was
established in 1993 and is based in Dortmund.